That I can dig. Gonna play and finish Mordor first me thinks. Enjoy your new toy, gents.

I suppose there are similarities, but the Dragon Age games I've played have seemed like very poor relations, in every way.

Not sure how i feel about this yet. Too many niggles that're bothering me already - like having to double tap X (or X then Y) to loot/collect. Worse still, having to be stood in the perfect position with the camera looking exactly at it in order for the X prompt to pop up. With so many collectibles littering every square inch of the gameworld, that's a right analogue rotational fucking nightmare!

You can tell its proper graphical downgrade from how it should look. As such DA:I trumps it by quite a margin. Although arguments can be made that this is 'proper' open world, but still, it pales in comparison to the GTAV Remaster.

Combat is completely lacklustre like the previous game. You'd think now that everyone has cribbed the AssCreed/Batman/Mordor style (which i hate to begin with) they might wanna stand out from the crowd by adding some extra oomph! I know its an RPG and all, but Dragons Dogma's combat has a real "thunk" to it. This is like wafting blades of grass. Zero satisfaction!

Meh! Maybe i was expecting leaps & bounds of improvement over Witcher 2 (witch i enjoyed), but the first 4-5 hours haven't convinced me that's the case. I'll stick with it, cause, why wouldn't I? Its just not blowing my skirt up at the mo'.

Side note: My enjoyment did improve exponentially as soon as i ditched the horse (another pain in the arse) and wandered everywhere on foot.

Still early days for me, but so far the combat is underwhelming, but hoping it opens up as you gain abilities level up etc.

Graphically, it's a bit of a mixed bag. Some amazing landscapes and nice artwork, with detail everywhere. Yet, some of the animation is a little lacking, the flocks of birds in the sky, the way the leaves all "blow" more like a cloak on the side of the starting building just look out of place against the detailed graphics.

I'm sure once I'm into the quests and levelling, crafting, potioning that these niggles fade into the background.

It has arrived! As has the wife back from work so I am going to have to wait to put it on and get stuck in. Absolutely lovely set of goodies with the game.

It's alright so far. Not amazeballs.

Performance wise it's pretty good, graphics are very nice, there's an awful lot on-screen at any one time and it copes fine on bone. Resolution is such a fucking load of bollocks so far this gen i defy anyone to notice any res drops etc... While playing this. There's just too much going on for you to notice.  
Foliage is rich and dense, the trees moving in the wind is a lovely touch and the change in weather etc... Is very atmospheric. It scores highly in my book for dramatic lighting, there's lots of rents of lights coming through the canopy that i love.
Sound effects are top notch, with the wind making the trees complain and animals scurrying about. It's very nice.

Combat is nothing like Batman or Mordor IMO. Don't come into this thinking it is, the fluidity just isn't there. 
As the combat isn't using a similar method to Batman/Mordor then collision is an issue a little. But it's nothing you haven't encountered a thousand time before in the third person genre. 
It kind of kids you into thinking it's a brawler i.e. Stand toe to toe and bludgeon it out but it's best if you dance about a bit and only roll as a last resort.

Curtis mentioned the looting and button pushing. It's, again, typical for the genre but there's so much loot that the camera will get on your tits after several hours and you will get repetitive stress syndrome from gathering plants - why you have to confirm the picking of a plant when they weigh next to nothing and therefore have next to zero impact on your inventory limit is beyond me. Just auto pick them after the initial button press devs please. 

Omg yes, ditch the fucking horse.

I've just been killed by some drowners and it hung on reloading, wouldn't boot from dashboard either so a hard reset was called for...

...I have lost everything I have done tonight.

Console off and bourbon opened.

Got it on the Bone

Im not sure about this, GMG have it for £35 but i just finished the surprisingly excellent Dragon Age: Inquisition ten minutes ago despite thinking the first 2 were shit. I played the 2nd Witcher and thought that was shit, pretty much ignored this until the reviews came out. Tempting to click BUY. Undecided.

Moto70 wrote:

Yep it has auto save but it has put me back hours, right at the start of the Griffin mission...

And yes, as Kerno said, I've got it on the Bone as well.

That's shite I'm only 30 mins in but will duly take note - it did just say to save manually as it only saves at key moments, but you expect better than that!

LOL

What was the option to save like it was witches 2? Popped up on first start up

Jimmy The Lips wrote:

What was the option to save like it was witches 2? Popped up on first start up

Is that what that was? I thought it was on about carrying your save data over from W2.

Excellent game this. Did a few side quests before I gear up to take on the Gruffun, loving it. Reading up on the enemies is great.

acemuzzy wrote:

What was the option to save like it was witches 2? Popped up on first start up

I was equally unsure, but am fairly sure I chose the wrong one despite that. Pessimism FTW.

Unless you know Witcher II best to say no. It's for PS4 peeps who can't carry across a save, so if you remember your main decisions in II you can input them here.

EDIT - I believe stuff changes later on. Read an article about it somewhere.